The River Severn revealed one of its giant zander to Stourbridge angler Gary Bagley when he slipped the net under a magnificent 18lb 10oz fish during a boat session. Gary, who legered a hand-sized skimmer bream in darkness, says that the best areas for the species on the river are where the riverbed drops sharply […]

Last Monday was the highly anticipated start of the predator fishing season at Grafham Water. Those fortunate enough to reserve a boat for the first day were targeting zander and pike.  As usual Grafham Water didn’t disappoint with plenty of zander, including two from different areas being weighed at 17lb 8oz and at 15lb 2oz.  […]

Coventry specialist Matt Ridley has banked the biggest ‘day ticket’ carp in the land in the shape of a fish called The Creature from Bluebell Lakes in Northants at a massive 64lb 2oz (pictured in this week’s Angling Times), its biggest ever weight and less than 4lb off the British record. The fish was stocked […]

Over 100 schools have the potential to go fishing following angling’s attendance at the School and Sports Partnerships’ Conference organised by the Youth Sports Trust in Telford last week (15th & 16th September). Both the NFA and ADB attended the conference in a bid to increase the number of schools becoming hooked on angling education […]

 The part angling plays in fighting social exclusion and improving community relations is the focus of new research being funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Social research cooperative Substance has received good cause funding of £284,151 to look into how angling helps socially excluded young people in England and Scotland and contributes to sustainable rural […]

MAVER (UK) Ltd are delighted to have secured the services of Ben Leach on a Sponsorship and Consultancy agreement. Ben already has a host of high profile angling achievements under his belt including World Youth Champion, Parkdean Masters Champion, Maver Pairs Champion, Drennan Super League Champion and made his full International debut for England this […]

The first ever Dreamstore Day at Stoke City’s Britannia Stadium Saturday 11th October has been hailed as a huge success.  Around forty participants attended, from all over the country, attending a series of seminars and demonstrations.   The Day included presentation of the Dreamstore Active Awards 2008 and a demonstration of the highly innovative Dreamstore Education […]

On 4 October 2008 Vitalise Churchtown ran a fun and fishing day at Rashleigh Lakes in Luxulyan.  The family event, supported by Roche Angling Club, gave visitors the chance to participate in taster sessions with fishing coaches provided by the Club.   For non-anglers, there were games, a raffle and a treasure hunt on the day.  […]

More than 300 carp had to be temporarily re-homed in a local leisure park swimming pool following an incident at a lake at Little Ranch Leisure Caravan Park at Begdale, near Wisbech. Environment Agency fisheries officers were called out following a report of about 200 dead fish on Friday evening. They took a water sample […]

The 2008 F.I.P.S.ed organised World Carp Championships takes place next week from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October in South Africa where a strong NFA Carp Team England sponsored by HS Works will be looking to improve upon last years bronze medal and bring back team gold. The venue itself will be on a 25 […]

Testing tackle to the limit is vitally important to Fox International. When we launch a new product – whether it’s a box of Arma Point hooks or a £200 reel – our consultants spend a huge amount of time testing the products to their limit. But, following Ian Chillcott’s extreme testing of the Fox Stratos […]

On 4 October 2008 Vitalise Churchtown ran a fun and fishing day at Rashleigh Lakes in Luxulyan.  The family event, supported by Roche Angling Club, gave visitors the chance to participate in taster sessions with fishing coaches provided by the Club.   For non-anglers, there were games, a raffle and a treasure hunt on the day.  […]

Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, a unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, has celebrated its first full year of retreats by holding the final one of 2008 at Duncton Mill near Petworth in West Sussex from 28-30 September. Casting for Recovery provides fly fishing programmes at […]

Prompt call saves fish Oxygen levels dropped Officers from the Environment Agency managed to save hundreds of fish in distress at Moreton’s Leam Watercourse in Whittlesey. They were able to respond quickly to the situation following phone calls from an Environment Agency lock keeper doing his routine flood work, and from a member of the […]

‘Don’t Lose this Chance’ says BASS BASS are urging the Fisheries Minister, Jonathan Shaw, to adopt a strong position ahead of the review of the Common Fisheries Policy by 2012.  BASS are demanding that UK national and regional legislation created for the protection of our close-inshore fisheries apply to all vessels fishing within the UK’s […]